What does one do when one has a torn-out kitchen during the holiday? One adapts, and adapt we did! This year we didn't invite folks over for a big spread. This year, no children or grandchildren at our festivities (just wait until next year when the kitchen is finished and I put the guilt trip on everyone to be at the table). In the meantime, put a table cloth on the card table, pull up some chairs and dig in!Many of us have the tendency to wait until everything is perfect. You know how it goes: "We'll have Sam and Julie over when we get our new furniture" or "next year when our outdoor BBQ is finished, we'll have a party", and my favorite, "we'll start entertaining when everything in our house is perfect". STOP!!!! Life is never perfect and our houses are never perfect, and God knows, our lives and families are never perfect.
Don't miss out on the Kodak moments, work with what you have. Stop using your messes as an excuse for not doing something for your family or others. Show some transparency and vulnerability. You might just make a friend in the process and find out that others have messes in their lives too! I'm not saying stop trying for perfection, but what I am saying is don't miss out on precious moments while you're on the road to creating something better.
Did we celebrate the "perfect" Thanksgiving? Well, maybe it didn't have all of the bells and whistles that Martha Stewart adds to her celebrations, but it was pretty darn close to as perfect a day as you can get!
P.S. For those of you following this blog, life is about to get crazier as deer season wraps up and construction continues.
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